Grek A. G. On Giftedness and its Fruits

Grek A. G., Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Chief Research Associate, Philology Department, Moscow Institute of Open Education.

Abstract
The article focuses on the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of the three prominent linguists of the 20th Century and factors that influenced their scholarship and its fruits. Types of giftedness, conditions and circumstances of its development, as is shown by the author, may be different. However, in all cases the “coherence” of the gift and the context played the leading role: beginning with family, immediate environment, cultural environment and ending with the socio-historical factors and prerequisites. Despite the fact that the fruits of giftedness can significantly differ in scope and nature, they are always significant, of high quality, and relevant for the near and distant future.

Key words: talent, philologists, language, word, childhood, scientific community, culture.

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